The Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol must be disabled or not installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22520	GEN007200	SV-38905r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol is a network-layer protocol that is no longer in common use. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the system to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.

STIG	Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide	2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-37897r1_chk )
If there is no IPX protocol handler for the system, this is not applicable. IPX Protocol is not currently available for the AIX 5 and AIX6 and is therefore not applicable.

Fix Text (F-33157r1_fix)
No fix necessary.